University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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CONFRONTATION 1 Based on your experiences at WSU-O, how do you define confrontation? I think confrontation is an existence between personalities, not necessarily ideas. Basically, everything everyone wants is the same but personalities twist and change them causing conflict.” I don't see confrontation on this campus. You say ‘hi’ to someone and they look the other way.” “I suppose I’d define confrontation here as student awareness; primarily it's letting grievances be made known but confrontation can be either physical or mental. It is two immovable forces meeting head on, yet it does not have to be a physical confrontation. This interview is a confrontation in which people exchange different views, both learning in the process. School itself is a confrontation of challenges; we either take the initiative to do our best or we just loaf by. The confrontation is up to the individual. For instance, I think the YR's is a confrontation — it’s people working with people trying to persuade them to take their own point of view.” I don’t even find confrontation here. It finds me. Confrontation is idealism vs. realism. Like last spring, what was versing what should be.” I simply see confrontation politically as the students confront the administrative powers in hope of change. First of all, I don't really sense confrontation here... except maybe as a non-verbal consciousness. Confrontation exists everywhere and often times it’s overlooked or not even seen at all, especially because of the intense bar activity around this campus. Physical confrontation is something that is necessary when the state becomes more repressive than it should be. I don't advocate things like what went on here last spring because those people in the streets are depriving me of my inalienable rights.” I don't understand the confrontation here because I live off campus. The only confrontation I see is that the administration doesn’t realize student wants and needs. Well, incidents like last spring make confrontations but there haven’t been any so far this year so I guess there really isn't any confrontation at WSU-0 right now. Every day teachers are confronted by a classroom of students. They can either meet their challenge successfully out of interest for the students, (by furthering the students' knowledge), or they can rattle off a bunch of jargon without attempting to interest the class. I just think confrontation is the uneasiness within yourself. NOTE: A random survey ol this nature is tound at tho conclusion ol each ol tho six sections ol this book. Taken in tho form of personal interviews, each confrontation deals with ono question related to tho section it concludes. 24